The whole booke of Psalmes / collected into English meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall ; newly set foorth, and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and euening prayer, & also before and after sermons ; moreouer in priuate houses, for their godly solace and comfort ; laying apart all vngodly songs and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
1622
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Title
The whole booke of Psalmes / collected into English meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall ; newly set foorth, and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and euening prayer, & also before and after sermons ; moreouer in priuate houses, for their godly solace and comfort ; laying apart all vngodly songs and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Uniform title
Whole book of Psalms
Adaptation of (work): Bible. Psalms. English.
Adaptation of (work): Bible. Psalms. English.
Created/published
London : Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1622.
Description
330, [6] p. ; 110 x 57 mm (long 24mo)
Associated name
Sternhold, Thomas, -1549. adapter.
Hopkins, John, -1570, adapter.
Bacon, Susan, active 1750, former owner.
Lathbury, Thomas, 1798-1865, former owner.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Hopkins, John, -1570, adapter.
Bacon, Susan, active 1750, former owner.
Lathbury, Thomas, 1798-1865, former owner.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Note
One column, roman type.
"Cum priuilegio"--Title page.
Signatures: A-O¹².
Title vignette of a ragged, winged female leaning against a cross (or gallows), standing atop a skeleton.
Includes music notation.
ESTC entry does not record any pagination.
"Cum priuilegio"--Title page.
Signatures: A-O¹².
Title vignette of a ragged, winged female leaning against a cross (or gallows), standing atop a skeleton.
Includes music notation.
ESTC entry does not record any pagination.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, S90743
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 2578.5
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 2578.5
Genre/form
Psalters (books)
Religious texts.
Adaptations (literary works)
Musical notation.
Privileges (permissions)
Dos-à-dos bindings.
Embroidered bindings.
Sammelbands.
Religious texts.
Adaptations (literary works)
Musical notation.
Privileges (permissions)
Dos-à-dos bindings.
Embroidered bindings.
Sammelbands.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
STC 2578.5 Bd.w. STC 2922
Folger-specific note
Autographs: "Susan Bacons book, 1750" on paste-down preceding the Psalter; "Lathbury" [i.e. Thomas Lathbury, 1798-1865] on joint paste-down endpaper. In an early embroidered, dos-à-dos binding with gilt, gauffered edges. Detailed binding description available in curatorial file. Bound with The New Testament of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ, 1621, and The whole booke of Psalmes, 1622. Acquired from John Price, 2016-11-21. Purchase made possible by The Professor Emile V. Telle Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
269805.2